NEW AMERYKAH, POLL 1 (4th World War)

IT'S BIGGER THAN MY NIGGA

TO MY FOLKS UP ON THE HILL WITH THE CAKE AND THE DOLLAR BILL

GET YA MONEY DOLLAR BILL YALL

SHITTY DAMN DAMN BABY BANG

PO MAN GOT HIS BACK TO THE DOOR

last time i listned to this it occurred to me that "Soldier" might be or even proably is about her son, still learnin new shit when I hear this, I love it so much

I wanted this album's other half to come out desperately until I realized I AM this album's other half!

link pls?

it's not out dude

BE WARNED BE WARNED . WHEN FOLLOWING MY TWEETS KEEP IN MIND IM AM MUCH MUCH MORE SPIRITUAL THAN YOU . YOU MAY NOT GET IT . AND ITS OKAY .
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@morrissey2637 IF YOU HAD TO ASK THAT , THEN YOU HAVE DEFFINATELY CONFIRMED IT FOR ME . THANKS .
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MY SPELLING IS NOT SO SPIRITUAL THO...
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uhh guys are we all reading this right now

she's in the middle of this hilarious beef with this fat chick, it's killin me

unfortunately "WHEN FOLLOWING MY POSTS KEEP IN MIND IM AM MUCH MUCH MORE SPIRITUAL THAN YOU" is too long for a screen name

or maybe just MUCH MUCH TOO SPIRITUAL for a display name

I wanted this album's other half to come out desperately until I realized I AM this album's other half!

― sir-mounter (Eric H.), Saturday, July 25, 2009 9:16 AM Bookmark

otm

yea i love love love this album

told you

we ain't dead yet

we've been livin through yo internet

tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo0ZSRvYQRo

brilliancy

hell yes!!!

I wanted this album's other half to come out desperately until I realized I AM this album's other half!

― sir-mounter (Eric H.), Saturday, July 25, 2009 9:16 AM Bookmark

I salute you Eric H., because you are me.

would have voted Twinkle because it is insane

also because it quotes like my 4th-favourite movie ever

Hello friends.

i can entirely get behind that

The soldier is mama's gun.

lexpretend cf danger, "gotta keep that clip on mama's gun"

lexpretend …and of course "danger" sets its scene with erykah
pacing the floor, baby in her arms

rodneyjgreene which of course ties into "Otherside of the
Game", hence "Otherside" ---> "Danger" ---> "Soldier" = a vicious cycle of like father, like son

the honey vid is evidence she reads ilm

haha how so?

It's probably not fair of me to wanna SB people for what they wrote over a year ago, huh.

i was gonna say Honey vid is like cover connections but maybe not so much the connections part. IT IS however like having yr girl wear one of your shirts to bed ^_^

also this should be again:
Here's a Youtube of a song from the new album, from a VH1 performance. It is called "Annie Don't Wear No Panties"

http://www.youtube.com/v/9d9eydCfTdw&hl=en

I don't think I voted in this or "Master Teacher" would have a '1' next to it.

"the soldier," for being the only inspiring protest song of the decade

this got such a strange vote distribution

well 4WW is a real creeper album...Rev said something about taking three months to get into, I think it took me even longer to REALLY get the second half...I mean I voted The Healer kind of automatically, and I would prolley still today, bcz I think it's one of the best songs of the decade, but it would be a lot harder now to not vote The Cell or Twinkle or Master Teachers (no votes?! wtf!) or even That Hump...

yeah and "honey" with no votes??? "my people"???

Of the ones that got no votes, I love both Master Teacher and Amerykahn Promise (I can sort of see why this didn't get the votes though, it's very much an introduction to the album). Still can't get into the last two on the album (That Hump and Telephone) - they just seem so generic in comparison with what went before.

xp well, Honey doesn't really mesh well with the whole One Minute to Doomsday vibe, but I think it's way cool...it's like finding out that the Oracle at Delphi is actually the sweet-natured girl work at Caribou Coffee or something...

does anyone else think this album kind of got snubbed in the decade-end polls? I mean this album is better than Kid A and waaay better than Is This It?

eh people into r&b rated it highly, indie websites gave it a middling placing or none at all

what r&b people rated it highly? (i take it from the 'eh' that this is not a conversation you really wish to have...)

(That Hump and Telephone) - they just seem so generic in comparison with what went before.

what; i guess that's a valid criticism of telephone if you appreciate the lp for its originality and different-ness, but they're two of my favourites. that hump seems like a comparatively grounded analogue for the choppier cuts like the cell at the start; bassy rumbling instead of trelby synthesizing. & i can't be analytical about telephone but i kinda want it played at my funeral.

naw it's just that it's hard to make sense of r&b consensus since most of the big mags and webzines online are more indie-oriented. not that there's not plenty of good indie music of course

but our own andy kellman (here) and al sh1pley (here) each rated it highly on their respective lists and ILM loves it (iirc it was top 5 in the 08 poll). ctrl-f "badu" on this thread Best of Decade (2000s) Album Lists doesnt yield anything but i know it was on a few lists - i think at least top 50 in pitchfork

xp

i can't be analytical about telephone but i kinda want it played at my funeral.

v. much OTM

love this track to death

this got such a strange vote distribution

Was about to speculate on the distribution for Return of the Ankh, but I'm pretty sure "Window Seat" would bury the competition. (My vote right now goes to "Love" or "Out My Mind.")

i'd go for 'get munny' today.

i think "gone baby, don't be long" would win

has anyone listened to both straight through consecutively?